Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Table of Contents 9
4. The American Studies Movement. Problems and Prospects 11
5. Ludvig Kristensen Daa and the USA 45
6. Orestes A. Brownson's New Views 97
7. Hawthorne, and the Significance of History 110
8. Hartvig Nissen and American Educational Reform 161
9. Bartleby the Inscrutable: Notes on a Melville Motif 180
10. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen: Outer Success, Inner Failure 206
11. The Impressionism of Stephen Crane : A Study in Style and Technique 239
12. E. A. Robinson: "Eros Turannos". A Critical Survey 286
13. The New Deal and American Literature 331
14. About the Authors 339
15. Publications of the American Institute 340